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US, Iran trade strikes; Bahrain, Kuwait on alert as truce under immense strain
YUGMARG NEWSPAPER
|June 29, 2026
The fragile 14-point Islamabad Memorandum of Understanding (MoU), signed by the United States and Iran on June 17 to halt military operations for 60 days and launch negotiations, came under intense strain on Sunday as Washington and Tehran exchanged strikes for a fourth consecutive day, while U.S. allies in the Gulf said they had intercepted Iranian drones.
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Iran and the United States launched fresh rounds of strikes, with neither side showing signs of backing down despite the ceasefire agreement reached earlier this month. Iran's Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps (IRGC) said it had targeted eight US naval facilities in Bahrain and the Ali Al Salem Air Base in Kuwait in retaliation for recent American attacks on Iranian targets. U.S. Central Command said its forces targeted Iranian military infrastructure, including communication systems, air defence sites and drone storage facilities, along with its capabilities to lay mines, in response to what it c
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